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Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi  in Mosul on Sunday, a day before he formally declared victory over Islamic State. Photograph:  Iraqi prime minister media office/via Reuters Iraqi prime minister formally declares victory over Isis in Mosul
  • July 10, 2017, 18:32

Fall of the city in effect marks the end of the Iraqi half of the Islamic State caliphate

Lieut Stephen Keane of the cavalry reconnaissance section looking out across the UN buffer zone into Syria. Photograph: Irish Defence Forces Heavy machine gun fire lands on Irish Golan base
  • Conor Lally
  • July 10, 2017, 09:13

Irish troops at Camp Ziouani forced to take cover during intense fighting

 Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi shakes hands with police and army officers upon his arrival in Mosul.  Photograph: Iraqi prime minister’s press office/AFP/Getty Images Iraq declares ‘victory’ over Islamic State in Mosul
  • July 10, 2017, 07:13

Iraqi troops fight to clear militants that are holding onto small area of the Old City

Iraqi Army soldiers   celebrate  gains   against Islamic State militants   in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Isis refocuses on insurgency roots as state-building project ends
  • July 9, 2017, 18:22

Loss of Mosul and group’s capital Raqqa does not spell final defeat for Islamic State

Damaged buildings in a rebel-held part of the southern city of Dera in June. File photograph: Reuters US-Russian ceasefire holding in southwestern Syria
  • July 9, 2017, 12:06

British monitor says calm prevailing following Sunday morning’s ceafefire

 Egyptian soldiers pray during the funeral of Khaled al-Maghraby, one of the military personnel killed in an attack on an army checkpoint south of the city of Rafah a day earlier, in the city of Toukh al-Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt. Photograph:  Mohamed Hossam/EPA Egyptian police kill 16 gunmen in raids targeting militants
  • July 8, 2017, 22:07

Most of those killed were linked to recent attacks in Northern Sinai – interior ministry

The  exterior of the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque and its gate in the Old City of Mosul. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Iraq ‘set to announce victory’ over Islamic State in Mosul
  • July 8, 2017, 14:32

Air strikes and artillery salvoes pounded the jihadists’ last bastion in city on Saturday

Aftermath of a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Ayn Tarma, in Syria. Photograph: Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images US and Russia back ceasefire in southwest Syria, says Tillerson
  • July 7, 2017, 20:31

US prepared to discuss joint efforts with Moscow but sees ‘no long-term role for Assad’

 The Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs,  in the old city district of the West Bank town of Hebron. Photograph: Abed al-Hashlamoun/EPA Israel expresses outrage at Unesco declaration on Hebron site
  • July 7, 2017, 19:24

UN cultural organisation designates West Bank shrine ‘Palestinian World Heritage Site’

Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) sit in a house in Raqqa, Syria. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters US-backed forces say Raqqa campaign ‘will take months’
  • Martin Chulov
  • July 6, 2017, 19:57

Islamic State is squeezed east as coalition advances in its symbolic Syrian stronghold

 The four Arab nations accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism and allying with regional foe Iran – which Doha denies. Photograph:  EPA/Khaled Elfiqi Arab states disappointed at ‘negative’ Qatari reply to demands
  • July 5, 2017, 19:55

No further sanctions issued but four Arab nations to continue boycott of Qatar

An Iraqi counter terrorism services  member prays in the Old City of Mosul on Monday during an ongoing offensive to retake the city from Islamic State. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images Iraq slows advance on last Islamic State pocket in Mosul
  • July 4, 2017, 14:01

Thousands of civilians remain trapped as insurgents put up fierce resistance

A member of the Emergency Response Division carries his weapons during the fight with Islamic States militants in the Old City of Mosul. Photograph:  Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Islamic State sends in woman suicide bombers as Mosul battle nears end
  • July 3, 2017, 16:01

At least 15 killed in suicide attacks across Iraq in latest tactic used by Islamic State

Qatari woman walks in front of the city skyline in Doha, Qatar.  Qatar has called the charges baseless and says the demands are so severe that they seem intended to be rejected. Photograph: Kamran Jebreili/AP Qatar hands over response to rival Gulf states’ demands
  • July 3, 2017, 10:04

Donald Trump calls Gulf Arab leaders to voice his concern about the dispute

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert leaves Maasyahu prison in Ramla on Sunday. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Former Israeli PM Olmert released from prison
  • July 2, 2017, 20:55

Parole board cut short 27-month term after former PM had served 16 months

Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service  cheer as they carry an upside-down Islamic State flag, in  Mosul’s Old City. Photograph: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images Iraqis prepare to celebrate victory over Isis in Mosul
  • July 2, 2017, 19:37

Battles continue to rage in the city in the last few districts controlled by Islamic State

 A handout photo made available by the official Syrian Arab News Agency showing damaged cars along a road leading to the city’s airport in southern Damascus. Photograph: EPA Damascus car bomb attacks leave at least 20 dead
  • July 2, 2017, 19:23

Security forces stop militants reaching two targets after suicide bomber detonates device

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani prior to a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA Deadline for Qatar to meet Arab states’ demands looms
  • Patrick Wintour
  • July 2, 2017, 16:57

Gulf nation accused of funding terrorism faces further sanctions if it fails to act

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service troops rest  beside the ruins of Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul after it was retaken from Islamic State on Thursday. Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters Iraq declares end of Isis ‘caliphate’ after capture of Mosul mosque
  • June 29, 2017, 19:26

Prime minister says terror group has fallen after eight-month battle reaches denouement

Jewish women pray at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images Fury over Netanyahu U-turn on gender segregation at holy site
  • Mark Weiss
  • June 27, 2017, 20:57

Jewish diaspora bodies irate as Israeli government caves to ultra-Orthodox pressure

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